Continuing with the strong action as suggested by the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) for not developing the coal mines, the Coal Ministry has issued show-cause notices to 12 companies, including pub

On the day when Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered two new FIRs in the Coalgate scam, the Coal Ministry on Tuesday slapped show cause notices on 12 firms including state-owned NTPC, S

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought a detailed report from the CBI over the Centre’s interference in its investigation into the coal blocks allocation scam.

A Parliamentary panel has recommended removal of the provision of 26 per cent profit sharing by coal and lignite miners with project-affected people and replacing it with a system based on royalty payments by the firms concerned.

The amendment was proposed by the Coal Ministry to the Standing Committee, headed by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee.

In a damning indictment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the CBI’s act of sharing the status report on Coalgate with the Government has “shaken” the entire investigation process and vowed to “lib

The CBI, in its probe report before the Supreme Court, has indicted the Centre over "massive irregularities and illegalities" in coal block allocation and alleged lack of cooperation by the Coal Ministry.

In its latest status report on the probe, the CBI informed a Bench led by Justice R M Lodha that there were various "serious" breaches in the manner the screening committee examined the applications for allocation of coal blocks and decided such allotments.

A parliamentary panel has called for cancelling allotments of all coal blocks awarded to companies where production was yet to commence.

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has indicted the government for “totally abusing its powers” in allotting coal mines between 1993 and 2010 through the “most non-transparent proced